The Global Knitting Coalition will begin as a group of knitters in Lexington, KY, who want to use their skills to help those in need. Among the primary products will be stuffed animals to be sent to hospitals in teh Near East, where young patients are given an animal during their stay but are not allowed to take it home because of an inadequate supply. Also created will be scarves and hats for donation to both local and international centers for relief, such as battered women's shelters and orphanages.

In my area there are many elders at the senior citizen centers that have family that hardly ever visit. For the past summer all they said that they wanted to do is just get supplies and bead and quilt and just make crafts and regalia to keep our culture alive. I am from the Rosebud Reservation and I would like to give the senior citizens beading, quilting and other supplies and whatever they make we can sell and try and keep it (the project) up. This will hopefully make regalia easier to find and let it be possible for the youth to get their outfits and start dancing.